Christina Georgina Rossetti

Here you will find the Poem A Christmas Carol of poet Christina Georgina Rossetti

A Christmas Carol

In the bleak mid-winter 
Frosty wind made moan, 
Earth stood hard as iron, 
Water like a stone; 
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, 
Snow on snow, 
In the bleak mid-winter 
Long ago. 


Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, 
Nor earth sustain; 
Heaven and earth shall flee away 
When He comes to reign: 
In the bleak mid-winter 
A stable-place sufficed 
The Lord God Almighty 
Jesus Christ. 


Enough for Him whom cherubim 
Worship night and day, 
A breastful of milk 
And a mangerful of hay; 
Enough for Him whom angels 
Fall down before, 
The ox and ass and camel 
Which adore. 


Angels and archangels 
May have gathered there. 
Cherubim and seraphim 
Thronged the air, 
But only His mother 
In her maiden bliss 
Worshipped the Beloved 
With a kiss. 


What can I give Him, 
Poor as I am? 
If I were a shepherd 
I would bring a lamb, 
If I were a wise man 
I would do my part, - 
Yet what I can I give Him, 
Give my heart